The history of the gas turbine can be traced back to 150 BC, when a Greek inventor, philosopher, and geometrician, Hero, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, invented a toy called the “Aeolipile.” The toy ...

Natural gas–fired power generation has seen its ups and downs over the past couple of decades. In some cases, highly efficient combined cycle units were taken offline because they just weren’t needed.

Takasago Machinery Works is innocuously named and feels almost hidden away, located near a serene seaside village in western Japan. Make no mistake, however: this is not only the ‘mother factory’ for ...

Electricity demand is surging in the U.S., but there’s years-long wait on the turbines that are a critical component of natural gas power plants. U.S. electricity consumption is on the rise, in part ...

As a result of legislative actions across the U.S., acquiring permits for greenfield natural gas-powered plants has increasingly become a challenge. In New York, for example, state officials denied ...

GE Marine and GE Oil & Gas announced that the marine module package design for its LM6000PG aeroderivative gas turbine has been certified by Lloyd’s Register and RINA Services (RINA). The test where ...

GE Gas Power announced $4.2 million in federal funding for two projects aimed at supporting the development of new gas turbine technologies. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...

The rapid growth of AI and data centers is causing a significant increase in demand for electricity, leading to a global shortage of gas turbines needed for new power generation capacity. Despite the ...

Inside Siemens Energy AG’s vast glass and steel assembly hall in central Berlin, engineers are close to completing a 500-ton turbine for a natural-gas power plant. Workers have spent weeks on ...

Broadwind secures a $6 million follow-on order for natural gas turbine components, enhancing its manufacturing capabilities in the power generation sector. Broadwind has secured a follow-on order ...

Aircraft startup Boom Supersonic said Tuesday it will start selling a version of its turbine engine as a stationary power plant, and that its first customer will be data center startup Crusoe. Crusoe ...